The Kansas City Star reports on compliance with a law governing lobbyist-funded travel provided to lawmakers.

A 2006 law requiring lobbyists to receive permission before they can treat Missouri lawmakers to out-of-state junkets is widely being ignored, The Kansas City Star has found.

As a result, lawmakers from both parties have taken dozens of trips paid for by lobbyists in apparent violation of the law. Last year alone, travel worth at least $34,000 was not properly approved.